Manners and Customs of the Japanese: Japan and the Japanese, in the Nineteenth Century; From Recent Dutch Travels, Especially the Narrative of Von Siebold

by Philipp Franz von Siebold

Excerpt from Manners and Customs of the Japanese: Japan and the Japanese, in the Nineteenth Century; From Recent Dutch Travels, Especially the Narrative of Von Siebold

Of late, however, this state of ignorance has undergone some modification. The schoolmaster has been abroad, it seems, in Holland as else where whilst the spirit of commercial enterprise has excited other countries, as Russia, America, and England, to vigorous attempts at opening a trade with Japan. These last endeavours have indeed yielded little result beyond proving the.

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Genres: Japan, Nonfiction

437 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

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[Autumn Kearney]

I love footnotes. It means that the book is well researched, like this one. :)